Improvement in king-bolts for carriages



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. King Bolt. No. 113,521; I Patented Apr. 11. I871.

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DWIGHT HYDE AND EPHRAIM H. ANDREWS, BRIDGEPORT, NEW YORK Letters Patent No. 113,521, dated April 11, 1871.-

IMPROVEMENT IN KING-BOLTS FOR ,CARRIAGES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern;

ence beinghad' to the accompanying drawing formin a part of this specification, in which- Figurel shows our invention in connection with the head-block and axle, and I Figure 2 shows the same separated from the other parts.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts,

In the accompanying drawing- A is the axle;

B is the'head-block; Y

O is the spring; and

D d E is the king-bolt, which is made as follows:

Two clips, cl, are united by a horizontal bar, D, as shown in fig. 2, and the bar D is pivoted at its center to a clip by a pivot, h. The lower clip E is clamped to the axle A, as shown in fig. 1, and the upper or double clip D d is clamped to the head-block B and over the lower part of the spring 0, as shown,

the upper and lower parts turning on each other by means of the center pivot h.

The forward end of the brace for the reach is secured to a pin, g, fig. 2, whioh projects from the plate e.

By this construction none of the parts are weakened by the bolts passing through them, as usually; and all the parts are clamped together and held in their positions without other fastenings.

Having thus described our invention,

What We claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

An improved king-bolt, composed of the swiveled clip E h, which embraces the axle and the double clamp D d f, secured to the head block and holding the spring, the clip E being provided with the plate and pin 6 g, and all the parts being constructed and arranged substantially as and for the purpose herein described.

The above specification of our invention signed by us this day of January, 1871. a

' DWIGHT HYDE.

EPHRAIM H. ANDREWS.

Witnesses:

R. J. CLARK,

L. WEBB. 

